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The impact of age on thyroid cancer staging.

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Kazaure, HS; Roman, SA; Sosa, JA
Published in: Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes
October 2018

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Patient age at diagnosis is a well established prognostic factor for thyroid cancer survival; it is included in the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) thyroid cancer-staging system. This review provides an update on the epidemiology, risk stratification, and staging of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), in the context of patient age. RECENT FINDINGS: In the eighth edition AJCC staging system for DTC, the age cut-point was increased from 45 to 55 years. The appropriate age-cut point remains a subject of debate, as some studies have found a linear association of age and survival, and therefore, questioned the use of an age cut-point in the DTC staging system altogether. Emerging data on the additive role of molecular markers in the compromised survival of older patients with DTC raise the prospect of eventual inclusion of genetic markers in the management of patients and risk-stratification systems. SUMMARY: DTC staging is evolving. The pathogenesis of the compromised survival of older patients with DTC is complex, multifactorial, and not well understood. Recent advances in molecular testing are promising. More studies are needed prior to the formal inclusion of molecular markers in the staging system of DTC.

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Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes

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EISSN

1752-2978

Publication Date

October 2018

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

330 / 334

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Thyroid Neoplasms
  • Risk Factors
  • Reference Values
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Aging
  • Age of Onset
  • Age Factors
 

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Kazaure, H. S., Roman, S. A., & Sosa, J. A. (2018). The impact of age on thyroid cancer staging. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes, 25(5), 330–334. https://doi.org/10.1097/MED.0000000000000430
Kazaure, Hadiza S., Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “The impact of age on thyroid cancer staging.Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 25, no. 5 (October 2018): 330–34. https://doi.org/10.1097/MED.0000000000000430.
Kazaure HS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. The impact of age on thyroid cancer staging. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2018 Oct;25(5):330–4.
Kazaure, Hadiza S., et al. “The impact of age on thyroid cancer staging.Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes, vol. 25, no. 5, Oct. 2018, pp. 330–34. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/MED.0000000000000430.
Kazaure HS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. The impact of age on thyroid cancer staging. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2018 Oct;25(5):330–334.

Published In

Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes

DOI

EISSN

1752-2978

Publication Date

October 2018

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

330 / 334

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Thyroid Neoplasms
  • Risk Factors
  • Reference Values
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Aging
  • Age of Onset
  • Age Factors